ANSWERS TO TYPICAL QUESTIONS ON HEARTWORM PROBLEMS

Practitioners are frequently presented with pets with challenging prob lems and clients with difficult questions. The seven questions present ed in this article were selected from typical questions that the autho rs were asked about heartworm disease. The authors respond in alphabet ic order with their recommendations, which are based on a combination of clinical experience and interpretation of the research literature. The rationale for each recommendation follows. The different recommend ations indicate the variation in management of specific cases, and no attempt was made to establish a consensus. A consensus concerning the general approach to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention to heartworm disease is presented triennially as the ''Recommended Procedures'' by the American Heartworm Society.